9 Things You Didn't Know About Utah

I find this to be one of the most interesting factoids about Utah. In 1870, a full 50 years before any other state, Utah granted women the right to vote.

As odd as it sounds, more green Jell-O is consumed in Utah than anywhere else. It's apparently a favorite snack of Utah Mormons. Why or how this came to be, I don't know. The weirdest part is that it is often served with shredded carrots in it. Yum?

That's no joke. There's a reason people flock to Utah to go skiing and snowboarding. It really has been proven that the snow in Utah is the best powder for the sport. It's the perfect combination of salt and powder.

Utah has a law stating that it's illegal to detonate a nuclear bomb anywhere inside the state. That itself is not too unreasonable I suppose, but it's not illegal to own a nuclear bomb...

The world's deepest open-pit mine, the Kennecott Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, lies in Utah. What makes this mine even cooler is that it can be seen from space!

Utah has such an amazing and unique geography that it's no wonder they have so many national parks!

The salt flats in Utah are home to various land-speed records. The fastest motorcycle in the world was clocked at about 350 MPH there! The popular Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was named after the area.

The only place in the world you'll find the June sucker fish is in Utah's Provo River and Utah Lake. The species in endangered and is under protection now.

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids" was filmed in Utah because that's where the real Butch Cassidy was born.